Single number presentation for dual-mode phones
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1. Adapted for communications with a private branch exchange (PBX) deployed within an enterprise network, a mobility controller comprising:
- means for receiving an incoming caller-id information for a dual-mode phone initiating a telephone call to the PBX;
means for receiving a telephone number from the dual-mode phone, the telephone number corresponding to a destination number for the telephone call;
means for retrieving an outgoing caller-id information for the dual-mode phone;
means for initiating a public switched telephone network (PSTN) call using the telephone number while providing the outgoing caller-id information; and
means for connecting the PSTN call with the received telephone call from the dual-mode phone.
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Abstract
Providing a single number presentation to the party called by a dual-mode phone. The operation of the cellular side of a dual-mode phone is altered such that when the user attempts to place an outgoing call using the cellular phone, the call is redirected to a preprogrammed incoming phone number associated with the enterprise. When the enterprise PBX answers this call, the dual-mode phone transmits the desired number to the enterprise PBX. The enterprise PBX then places the call to the desired number, and in the process transmits the caller-id information assigned to the dual-mode phone.
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24 Claims
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1. Adapted for communications with a private branch exchange (PBX) deployed within an enterprise network, a mobility controller comprising:
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means for receiving an incoming caller-id information for a dual-mode phone initiating a telephone call to the PBX; means for receiving a telephone number from the dual-mode phone, the telephone number corresponding to a destination number for the telephone call; means for retrieving an outgoing caller-id information for the dual-mode phone; means for initiating a public switched telephone network (PSTN) call using the telephone number while providing the outgoing caller-id information; and means for connecting the PSTN call with the received telephone call from the dual-mode phone.
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2. A dual-mode phone comprising:
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a first radio subsystem adapted to initiate a telephone call to a called party over a wireless network; a second radio subsystem adapted to initiate a call over a cellular network, where in response to an attempt to place the call using the cellular network, the dual-mode phone (i) storing a phone number being a destination for the call, (ii) initiating a call to a predetermined number assigned to a device forming part of the wireless network in lieu of initiating the call over the cellular network, (iii) and providing the stored phone number and an incoming caller-id information of the dual-mode phone so that a telephone call to the destination including an outgoing caller-id information that corresponds to the incoming caller-id information is initiated after the calling party is authenticated using the incoming caller-id information. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a network device, a target number through a first call from a dual-mode phone; retrieving, by the network device, incoming caller-identifier information associated with the dual-mode phone; determining, by the network device, outgoing caller-identifier information associated with the dual-mode phone based on the incoming caller-identifier information; initiating, by the network device, a second call to the target number using the outgoing caller-identifier information associated with the dual-mode phone; and establishing, by the network device, an audio connection between the first call and the second call. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A network device comprising:
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a processor; a memory; a receiving mechanism operating with the processor, the receiving mechanism to receive a target number through a first call from a dual-mode phone; a retrieving mechanism operating with the processor, the retrieving mechanism to retrieve incoming caller-identifier information associated with the dual-mode phone; a determining mechanism operating with the processor, the determining mechanism to determine outgoing caller-identifier information associated with the dual-mode phone based on the incoming caller-identifier information; an initiating mechanism operating with the processor, the initiating mechanism to a second call to the target number using the outgoing caller-identifier information associated with the dual-mode phone; and an establishing mechanism operating with the processor, the establishing mechanism to establish an audio connection between the first call and the second call. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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